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Daniela Predoi1 , Rodica V. Ghita1 \*, Simona Liliana Iconaru1 , Carmen Laura Cimpeanu2 and Stefania Mariana Raita<sup>2</sup>

1 National Institute of Materials Physics, Bucharest, Romania

2 University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania

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